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47 - PLUCHE (Noël-Antoine)]. *History of the Heavens: An Inquiry …
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PLUCHE (Noël-Antoine)]. *History of the Heavens: An Inquiry into the Origin of Idolatry and the Errors of Philosophy Concerning the Formation and Influences of the Celestial Bodies*. Paris, the widow of Estienne, 1740. 2 volumes in-12, 9.5 x 16.5 cm, XXXVIII + 518 pp., frontispiece and 24 plates & 496 pp., 2 ff., contemporary binding in marbled fawn calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with gilt motifs, title labels. Second edition, illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 plates (on the religion of the Egyptians), engraved on copper. Good condition. One cap worn, cracks in the jaws. - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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